"I hope so. I didn't say you should tell her just to fuck with the two of you, you know? I want things to go better for some Futaba, somewhere."
It doesn't occur to him that Phoenix might be wrong about Futaba's reaction. Why would she want to stay with the person who killed any version of her mother? Ren's sister asked him to come back, but that's not the same.
It is true that Ren killed his own Wakaba Isshiki, admittedly, which might not make him the best option. But if Futaba needs a place to stay, isn't helping her more important than telling her how half the people here have killed an Isshiki? What would that do to her, having to ask herself if everyone she meets murdered her mother? This is the kind of thing Ren tells himself, over and over.
"I bet Goro would like living here, in any case," he murmurs. "He wishes he was Futaba's brother. Like, the one back home, not... You don't have to bring us into it, but you can if you need to. That's what I wanted to say."
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It doesn't occur to him that Phoenix might be wrong about Futaba's reaction. Why would she want to stay with the person who killed any version of her mother? Ren's sister asked him to come back, but that's not the same.
It is true that Ren killed his own Wakaba Isshiki, admittedly, which might not make him the best option. But if Futaba needs a place to stay, isn't helping her more important than telling her how half the people here have killed an Isshiki? What would that do to her, having to ask herself if everyone she meets murdered her mother? This is the kind of thing Ren tells himself, over and over.
"I bet Goro would like living here, in any case," he murmurs. "He wishes he was Futaba's brother. Like, the one back home, not... You don't have to bring us into it, but you can if you need to. That's what I wanted to say."